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Re: pocket size preamps, updated list

Subject: Re: pocket size preamps, updated list
From: "oryoki2000" oryoki2000
Date: Fri Jan 30, 2009 7:13 pm ((PST))
"justinasia"  wrote:

> Would anyone like to rank them in order of
> noise floor, or general sound quality?

The "no free lunch" applies to preamps, too.
Sound quality is directly related to price.

Note also that some preamps provide a lot more
gain than others.  Nature recordists often
find themselves trying to capture a quiet or
distant subject.  A preamp with lots of gain
can be a big help.

--oryoki







"While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Krause


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